Sex offender released from prison THREE TIMES touched underage girl in church

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Published 17 Jun, 18
· Updated 18 Jun, 18

A registered sex offender from Derbyshire deliberately followed and touched a girl in a church immediately after a service they both attended. Derby Crown Court heard how Jason McCall had previously been convicted of possessing indecent images of children. In September 2006, when he was jailed for two years when he was caught with more than 10,000 indecent images of girls.

He was released in May 2007 but recalled to prison in September 2008 for using a pair of binoculars to watch girls playing.

A registered sex offender from Derbyshire deliberately followed and touched a girl in a church immediately after a service they both attended.(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

But just months after his final conviction in 2015, again for possessing indecent images, he followed the underage girl into a kitchen at the church, touched her arm and then moved his arm down to her waist. The incident left the girl fearful of going back to the church and she finally told her mother what happened a while later.

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Her mother, concerned about the effect it was having on her child, Googled McCall’s name and found out about his previous sex offences. The police were called and the 41-year-old was arrested but denied the charges saying any allegation against him were “malicious”.

However, following three aborted attempts to try him in court, he finally pleaded guilty to breaching the terms of a sexual harm prevention order which forbade him from contacting anyone under the age of 16. Recorder Sandeep Kanith handed McCall a 10-month jail term, suspended for 18 months and ordered him to carry out 200 hours unpaid work. He told him: “The impact on this young girl was obvious to her mother.

She did not want to return to church because she feared you. “This is a spiritual place where people can go without fearing anyone like you that clearly had the wrong motive. What do I do with you?

“You deserve to go to prison because you have violated a court order. “But looking at the passage of time that has passed you have undertaken a number of courses in terms of your rehabilitation and I can move away from immediate custody.”

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Lisa Hardy, prosecuting, said the offence took place in 2015 at a church in Derbyshire. She said the girl had been to a service with her parents and siblings and was in the kitchen when she felt a hand on her arm.

Miss Hardy said: “She was shocked, she turned around, he moved his hand down her arm and on to her waist. “There were no reasons for the defendant to go in the kitchen, “He deliberately followed the girl and he deliberately touched her.”

Miss Hardy said the effect of the incident on the girl was for her to tell her parents she no longer wished to go to that church. She said: “Her mother decided to Google the defendant’s name and found out about his past offences and the authorities were alerted.” Kevin Jones, for McCall, formerly of Chesterfield Road, Alfreton and now of South Street North, Chesterfield, said his client has pleaded guilty and by doing so “accepted exactly what the prosecution outlined” to the court.

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He said: “Since this offence he has done all that has been asked of him.

“He has had one-to-one rehabilitation sessions and carried out courses in labouring, warehousing and forklift truck driving. “His liaison with his police offender manager has been exceptional.” We’ve launched our very own app for Android and Apple devices which can be tailored to deliver the news and sport that you’re interested in.